Dec 14, 2020 | Aperitivo, Food, La Romita News
On November 30th, 2020 we hosted an online apertivio entitled “The New Grand Tour”, as part of our Tre Aperitivi Fundraiser. During that Aperitivo, Valerio shared a video he made of Egizia preparing spaghetti alla carbonara in La Romita’s own...
Dec 14, 2020 | Aperitivo, La Romita News
On December 5th 2020, we hosted an online aperitivo titled “Self-Portrait in a Bathroom Mirror” as part of our Tre Aperitivi fundraiser. We welcomed twenty artists and poets to share works that they felt reflected something important about themselves,...
Nov 30, 2020 | Aperitivo, La Romita News
Three free social* events celebrating creativity, expression, and Italian culture to raise funds for La Romita School Painters and poets and sketchers and musicians…all of us who work in the arts as teachers or practitioners or promoters or in any of a number of...
Oct 31, 2020 | Aperitivo, Artist Interview, La Romita News
We had a lot of marvelous content to include in our November Alumni Newsletter – too much, in fact – and we couldn’t bear to resign any of it the cutting room floor. Here’s everything, including a beautiful quote by Valerio. Valerio’s “second...
Mar 15, 2020 | La Romita News
Due to increasing concerns surrounding the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the World Health Organization and US CDC recommendation to postpone travel to and from Italy, we have had to cancel our 2020 season. La Romita has been a center of creativity,...
Feb 24, 2020 | La Romita News
A continuation in our series of Letters from the Board. This month: Mike Wenger who joined the Board in 2014 and is serving his second term. La Romita Letters – February 2020 from Mike Wenger How shall I follow Ben’s lovely, informative reminiscence of La...
Jan 30, 2020 | La Romita News
We received this fantastic collection of photos from Edward Golberg – some time ago, actually, but we thought they made a great follow-up to last month’s newsletter. They’re from the 6 week session he attended in the summer of 1972, a joint group...
Jan 12, 2020 | La Romita News
Many of you reading this have been to La Romita, have met Edmund, Valerio, Ivo, Raniero, Silvana, Egizia and Franca, Tracy, and all the others who make up our staff. We cannot overstate our appreciation for their dedication and commitment to making every student's...
Dec 18, 2019 | La Romita News
Many of you reading this have been to La Romita, have met Edmund, Valerio, Ivo, Raniero, Silvana, Egizia and Franca, Tracy, and all the others who make up our staff. We cannot overstate our appreciation for their dedication and commitment to making every student's...
Dec 8, 2019 | La Romita News, Scholarships, Stories
Cheri Burke 2019 Dolores Levin Memorial Scholarship Cheri was awarded a Delores Levin Memorial Scholarship to attend a workshop with Mark Eanes at La Romita. As a public school art teacher (Clymer Central School) in a rural farming community and a mother of two...
